Dorothea Weber

For the British Hero of the Holocaust, see Dorothea Weber (humanitarian).
History
Name
  • Lucy (1922- )
  • Midgard I
  • Midgard IV
  • Elisabeth (-1935)
  • Dorothea Weber (1935-45)
  • Empire Cononley (1945-47)
  • Coverack (1947-53)
  • River Witham (1953-55)
  • Rivergate (1955-59)
Owner
  • H J G Weber (1935-45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945-47)
  • R Hunt & Son (1947-53)
  • Hull Gates Shipping Co (1953-59)
Operator
  • H J G Weber (1935-45)
  • Combern, Longstaff & Co Ltd (1945-47)
  • R Hunt & Son (1947-53)
  • Hull Gates Shipping Co (1953-59)
Port of registry
  • Germany Hamburg (1935-45)
  • United Kingdom London (1945-53)
  • United Kingdom Hull (1953-59)
BuilderJ Oelkers
Launched1922
Out of service28 July 1953
Identification
  • Code Letters DNMO (1935-45)
  • Code Letters GLKY (1945-59)
  • United Kingdom Official Number 180671 (1945-59)
FateCapsized and sank
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length105 ft 6 in (32.16 m)
Beam24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Depth8 ft 1 in (2.46 m)
Propulsion
  • Sails (1922-35)
  • Sails + 4SCSA diesel engine (1935-51)
  • Sails + engine (1951-59)
Sail plan
  • Barge (1922- )
  • Schooner (1935-59)

Dorothea Weber was a 190 GRT three-masted Schooner that was built in 1922 as the barge Lucy by J Oelkers, Hamburg. She was later renamed Midgard I, Midgard IV and then Elisabeth before a sale in 1935 saw her fitted with a diesel engine and renamed Dorothea Weber. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Guernsey, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Cononley.

In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Coverack. A further sale in 1953 saw her renamed River Witham. She served until 1959 when she ran aground off Lowestoft. Although she was refloated, she capsized and sank off the Inner Dowsing Light Vessel.